Everyone knows that you can’t go wrong with diamonds as a gift. They are beautiful and last literally forever. It is those very qualities along with their rarity that can make them an easy purchase to justify during the holidays. The one major drawback of diamond jewelry lies in the fact that its price can put it out of reach for many consumers.

The cubic zirconia came out in the seventies and it has made inroads into the diamond market and the mind of the consumer. There is another little referred to aspect of the cubic zirconia – the fact that, like diamonds, there are different levels of quality.

Loose cut cubic zirconia is offered in White A, White AAA and White AAAAA versions with the AAAAA being the most valuable. If you are making a fine piece of jewelry that you want to be affordable but uniquely beautiful. With virtually the same appearance as a diamond, this is the stone for you.

Considering the overall look, in combination with the affordability and durability, the white AAAAA is a perfect alternative to a diamond. The White A and White AAA are no slouches either when it comes to pleasing gift recipients during the holidays. Their affordability can make it easier than ever to achieve large sales figures for this holiday season.

The better prepared you are with affordable quality merchandise the more profit you can expect at the end of the year. With three quality products available at wholesale prices the cubic zirconia will be the best way for a jewelry maker to enhance their year end sales.

How is Cubic Zirconia Made?

CZ is manufactured in a lab from a mixture of high purity zirconium oxide powders stabilized with calcium and magnesium. Oxides are added to create colored stones. Even with the manufacturing costs, cubic zirconia wholesale prices are a fraction of natural diamond wholesale prices.

How is CZ Cut?

The Brilliant cut is the industry standard. Other popular cuts include Princess, Trillion and Radiant.

The Differences Between Cubic Zirconia and Real Diamonds

• Cubic zirconia is practically flawless, whereas most diamonds have some type of defect, such as a feather or an included crystal.

• CZ can be completely colorless, whereas only the rarest diamonds are truly colorless.

• The fire of CZ stones is more prismatic than diamonds

• They’re about 70% heavier than diamonds.

• Cubic zirconia has a different refractive index (RI) – the angle which light bounces off.

• Although hard, they’re softer than a diamond on the Mohs Scale of Hardness

Grade of Cubic Zirconia

The four main factors are carat weight, color, clarity and cut. White CZ stones are graded as A, AAA and AAAAA (the highest grade). Colored CZ stones are valued based on rarity, evenness and the tone of their colors. CZ AAA stones are the most popular among jewelry store owners because they provide great quality at affordable prices.

Exceptional cubic zirconia wholesale prices provide jewelry designers the opportunity to create beautiful jewelry for an affordable price.

Fine jewelry has always been a wise gift choice when the wonderful women of your life are concerned, but not so much so when considering gifts for Dads. Now that more men are attempting to make a serious impression with their appearance and doing whatever it takes to stand out in the crowd fine jewelry is becoming a go to gift for men as well.

Men today are enjoying more than just designer tie tacks, cufflinks and watches as well. Men who want to make an impression in job interviews, in business meetings and on first dates are donning diamond stud earrings and diamond rings to help them look their best and increase confidence.

The only problem for consumers with this particular style of gift is that fine jewelry containing natural diamonds can be exceedingly expensive. In order to be able to give an incredible gift that will fit into Dad’s sense of style without breaking your budget you should consider purchasing fine jewelry crafted from cubic zirconia.

Cubic zirconia has long been used as a seamless replacement for natural diamonds in fine jewelry designed for women. High quality cubic zirconia is regularly used in engagement rings, earrings and pendants to provide all of the beauty of a natural diamond at a fraction of the price. Now that fine jewelry fashions for men are becoming more popular a number of retailers are stocking CZ fine jewelry options for men which could result in finding the perfect gift at the perfect price.

Platinum, which is no stranger at all to fine jewelry, is the precious metal used throughout ShopNBC’s new line of affordable fine jewelry, and though each and every piece looks as though it has been crafted from the finest diamonds, the stones in the platinum settings are actually high quality cubic zirconia. 

The collection offers a nice selection of designs to meet a number of different personal styles and each stone present in the collection has been certified with at least an AAA rating.  These rings, earrings and pendants are fine jewelry in every single sense of the word, with the exception of the astronomical price tag.

There has been quite an increase in the popularity of all types of cz jewelry lately.  In order to save a little bit of money during the economic drought young couples who are looking for attractive and affordable engagement and wedding jewelry, established couples who want to share nice gifts without disrupting their retirement fund and fashionistas who want to keep up with the hottest accessories are all turning to cz in favor of the much more expensive naturally mined diamonds usually found in fine jewelry.  It was just a matter of time until a reputable source decided to put an entire collection together that contained beautiful fine jewelry crafted from more affordable components like high quality cz.

It might take a little time to get used to seeing a fine jewelry collection with prices that are so affordable, but if this collection from ShopNBC begins to take off there will likely be many more manufacturers following suit with their own collections of affordable fine jewelry crafted from cz in the not to distant future.

Without a universal rating system, wholesale buyers found it difficult to judge value and price when comparing competing cz wholesale offers. Without a standardized rating system, there was also no guarantee that cubic zirconia or cz gems purchased from different suppliers would exhibit the same properties, potentially impacting the quality of the end product. As one of the nation’s major wholesale dealers in loose cubic zirconia and loose lab created gems since 1961, PehnecGems recognized the difficulties that lack of an industry rating system posed for both wholesale buyers and sellers.

In an effort to differentiate between and standardize its own cz product offerings, PehnecGems developed the following rating system:

• A – Good quality cubic zirconia preferred by artists and crafters for its beauty at an extremely affordable price. Price makes A-rated cz a cost-effective choice for volume-produced art, crafts, clothing and accessories.
• AAA – Better quality cz with more facets and polish than A-rated stones but fewer facets and less polish than AAAAA-rated cz gems.
• AAAAA - Superior quality cubic zirconia with the most facets and highest polish. Virtually indistinguishable from the highest quality diamonds, AAAAA cz are prized by jewelers and jewelry buyers looking for stunning, high quality, yet affordable jewelry.

The wholesale market responded so positively to PehnecGem’s cz rating system that it has been adopted by many other wholesalers and now provides a reliable guide to wholesale cubic zirconia and cz gem buyers. 

For dependable quality you can trust in wholesale loose cubic zirconia and lab created gems, visit the PehnecGems website at www.pehnec.com. PehnecGems guarantees your complete satisfaction and offers a 100% guarantee on all products.

What woman isn’t hoping for a tiny box filled with something sparkly this holiday? Jewelry set with high-quality loose cubic zirconia is as beautiful as that set with natural gems. CZ diamonds and lab gems generally duplicate the chemical properties of natural gems and are indistinguishable from the real thing without microscopic inspection. In fact, many women have long preferred cubic zirconia, lab rubies, lab sapphires and synthetic alexandrite to their natural counterparts because the lab created gems are completely flawless and perfectly colored, a feat rarely accomplished by Mother Nature. Today’s cz gems have an added cachet. Environmental and social concerns about diamond and gem mining have make cubic zirconia and lab created gems the preferred choice for the environmentally or socially conscious woman.

Whether you’re shopping for cz jewelry online or at the mall, here are a few buying tips from the Federal Trade Commission:

• Ask for full details about the quality of the metal and grade of cubic zirconia or lab gems used in the jewelry before buying.
• Look for appropriate markings on metal settings of cz jewelry. High quality sterling silver jewelry should be stamped .925.
• Inquire about refund and return policies before you buy.
• If purchasing online, make sure you only enter credit card information on protected secure sites.
• Don’t get scammed. Deal only with respected, legitimate firms. Verify the seller’s physical address and phone number before you purchase.

PehnecGems is the No. 1 online seller of loose cubic zirconia and wholesale lab created gems. While we do not create cz jewelry, we supply loose cz gems to custom jewelers, jewelry manufacturers and others. Visit our website at www.pehnec.com to see our huge selection of wholesale loose cz.

To meet the creative needs of jewelers, artisans and crafters, PehnecGems provides lab created gems and CZ in a wide variety of grades, shapes and sizes from tiny 1 mm CZ to commanding, giant 75 mm CZ. We carry traditional jewelry cuts from glittering rounds, ovals, octagons, squares and marquise to more unusual pear and trillion cuts and even exotic fancies like stars and hearts. Every cut is available in a variety of sizes to maximize creative application. Cubic zirconia and lab created gems are created in a variety of grades. PehnecGems specializes in high quality AAAAA and AAA grade white cubic zirconia and all of our lab gem offerings are a minimum grade A.  

Consumer concerns about both the environmental and human cost of natural diamond (blood diamonds) and gem mining have created high demand for synthetic CZ diamonds, CZ gems and lab created gemstones. In the lab, CZ gems can be created that are visually indistinguishable from the diamond, emerald, aquamarine, topaz, garnet, amethyst and other natural gems they emulate. Consumers often prefer lab created blue sapphires, lab rubies and simulated alexandrite to their natural counterparts because of the deep, perfect colors and flawless structure consistently available in the lab but rarely found in nature.

For more information and to place your order for loose, top quality, wholesale cubic zirconia or lab created gems, visit the PehnecGems website today at www.Pehnec.com. And don’t forget to check out our new You Tube video!

One artist uses CZ diamonds in his unique constructions of rusty steel and used concrete to portray the decay of America’s infrastructure. By using found materials from demolished buildings, the artist repurposes what he sees man’s folly into art, giving the materials rebirth in a new perspective. The artist sprinkles his structured statuary with loose CZ diamonds and other lab created gems to emphasize the beauty of rebirth from decay. The concept is surprisingly uplifting, the glittering CZ gems elevating ordinary, mundane materials to the ethereal.

The use of created cubic zirconia and lab gems allows the artist to create eco-friendly pieces that do no damage to the Earth through invasive mining practices. It ensures that his pieces have not profited unscrupulous war lords nor financed wars of oppression.  The use of simulated gems and diamonds instead of natural ones ensures that no onerous human price has been paid to produce the glitter that adorns his creations. The artist can feel secure that in making his statement about man and the planet he lives on, he has done no further harm to either.

By purchasing wholesale loose CZ rather than natural gems to use in the creation of his modern artworks, the artist is able to keep his own costs down and, thereby, the cost of his artwork. In doing so, he allows more people to purchase and enjoy his vision and spread his message.

An increasing number of artists who in other times might have used diamonds and natural gems in their works are now turning to wholesale cubic zirconia and lab created gems, both as a social statement and to make their artwork more affordable to consumers. PehnecGems offers a varied selection of high quality loose CZ and lab created gems at extremely competitive wholesale prices on our website at www.Pehnec.com. In addition to the highest jewelry quality AAAAA cubic zirconia, artists will also find beautiful CZ in AAA and A grades at PehnecGems.